North Carolina Highway 133

NC Highway 133 marker

NC Highway 133

Route information

Maintained by NCDOT

Length:

46.6 mi^[1] (75.0 km)

Existed:

1962 – present

Major junctions

South end:

Oak Island Drive in Oak Island

US 17 / US 74 / US 76 / US 421 near Wilmington
I‑140 / US 17 near Wrightsboro
US 117 / NC 132 in Castle Hayne

North end:

NC 210 in Bells Crossroads

Location

Counties:

Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender

Highway system

North Carolina Highway System

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NC 132

NC 134

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North Carolina Highway 133 (NC 133) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The road goes through historic downtown Wilmington and near Sunny Point Military base.

Route description

Oak Island to downtown Wilmington

NC 133 starts at the intersection of E Oak Island Dr and Country Club Dr in downtown Oak Island. The start of the road is just about half a mile from the Oak Island lighthouse, a tourist attraction in the area.

The Oak Island Lighthouse, located near the NC 133 southern terminus

The road then goes north. NC 133 crosses the Intercostal Waterway shortly after its southern terminus and crosses the waterway of an elevated road bridge. The road then turns into Long Beach Road SE and passes the Cape Fear Regional Jetport. The road then has a short concurrency with NC 211 (Southport-Supply Rd SE). After about 3/4 mile NC 133 turns left back onto its own road named Dosher Cutoff SE. Half a mile later NC 133 runs another concurrency this time with NC 87 (River Rd SE). Near Boiling Spring Lakes, NC 133 bears right from NC 87 and goes toward Wilmington. Sunny Point Military Base coincides on the right side of the road (heading north). NC 133 goes along the side of Boiling Spring Lakes but never goes into the town. Past Boiling Spring Lakes the road goes through a lot of marshy grassland alongside of the Cape Fear River. The road passes over Town Creek. Passing through Belville, NC encounters a historic marker dedicated to Robert Howe.^[2] In Leland the road merges with US 17, US 74, and US 76 to go over a waterway (not Memorial Bridge yet).

Wilmington to Castle Hayne

A view of The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. On the left you can see the US 17, 74, 421, NC 133 freeway and the bridge in the background is the Isabel Holmes Bridge

After going over the bridge NC 133 heads north again along with US 17, US 74, and US 421. NC 133 then exits off and crosses the Cape Fear River via. the Isabel Holmes Bridge. The road then runs another concurrency with US 74 (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway) until NC 133 exits off the freeway at Castle Hayne Rd. The road goes through Wrightsboro a small town north of downtown Wilmington. NC 133 then meets I-140 and US 17. The highway has an interchange with on and off ramps going to the freeway. NC 133 meets up with US 117 and NC 132 near Skippers Corner also a small township north of Wilmington. NC 132 ends to the right of the intersection and NC 133 turns left to run with US 117. NC 133 and US 117 both run through downtown Castle Hayne, North Carolina. NC 133 turns left at Old Blossom Ferry road (even though the road is called NC-133 N). NC 133 ends at a right turn of NC 210 near Castle Hayne.

History

Established in 1962 as a renumbering of NC 40, from Oak Island to NC 210, at Bells Crossroads. The route has been adjusted over the years as various sections from Belville to and through Wilmington onto freeways. Its biggest adjustment was in December, 2005 when NC 133 was deleted from a section North Front Street, North Fourth Street and Cornelius Harnett Street, creating a gap in the route; it was reestablished in February, 2008 via Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

North Carolina Highway 40

NC Highway 40
Location:	Oak Island-Bells Crossroads, NC
Length:	47.9 mi^[9] (77.1 km)
Existed:	1957–1962

The third and final NC 40 that appeared in North Carolina was established in 1957 as a new primary routing, with several multiplexes, from near Southport to Bells Crossroads. By 1960, it was extended southeast to Yaupon Beach, on Oak Island. By 1962, because of the establishment of I-40, NC 40 was renumbered to NC 133.

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Brunswick	Oak Island	0.0	0.0	Oak Island Drive	Southern terminus of NC 133
	Intracoastal Waterway	0.3	0.5	Oak Island Bridge
		3.5	5.6	NC 211 (Southport-Supply Road) – Southport, Supply
		5.2	8.4	NC 87 south (River Road) – Southport	South end of NC 87 overlap
		6.2	10.0	NC 87 north (George II Highway) – Boiling Spring Lakes	North end of NC 87 overlap
	Leland	26.6	42.8	US 17 south / US 74 / US 76 west – Shallotte, Myrtle Beach, Whiteville	South end of US 17 and west end of US 74/US 76 overlap
		28.2	45.4	US 17 Bus. north / US 76 east / US 421 south – Wilmington, Carolina Beach	East end of US 76 and south end of US 421 overlap
New Hanover		29.0	46.7	U.S.S. North Carolina Road / Battleship Road	To the N.C. Battleship
	Cape Fear River	29.4	47.3	S. Thomas Rhodes Bridge
		30.1	48.4	US 17 / US 421 north to I‑140 – Jacksonville, Clinton	North end of US 17/ US 421 overlap
	Wilmington	30.5	49.1	Isabel Stellings Holmes Bridge over the Northeast Cape Fear River
		30.7	49.4	North Third Street – Wilmington Downtown	Left exit
		31.4	50.5	McRae Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		31.9	51.3	US 74 east (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway) – Wrightsville Beach	East end of US 74 overlap
		36.2	58.3	I‑140 / US 17 – Jacksonville, Shallotte, Myrtle Beach	I-140 Exit 17
	Castle Hayne	38.8	62.4	US 117 / NC 132 south – Carolina Beach	South end of US 117 overlap
Pender		41.7	67.1	US 117 north – Burgaw	North end of US 117 overlap
Pender	Bells Crossroads	46.6	75.0	NC 210 – Elizabethtown, Rocky Point	Northern terminus of NC 133
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1 2 Google (February 14, 2016). "North Carolina Highway 133" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
↑ "Marker: D-24 – ROBERT HOWE". North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
↑ "NC 133 Route Change (1969-09-11)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. September 11, 1969. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
↑ "NC 133 Route Change (1978-01-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 1, 1978. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
↑ "NC 133 Route Change (1980-06-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. June 1, 1980. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
↑ "NC 133 Route Change (1984-12-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. December 1, 1984. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
↑ "NC 133 Route Change (2005-12-30)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. December 30, 2005. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
↑ "NC 133 Route Change (2008-02-05)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. February 5, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
↑ Google (June 28, 2014). "North Carolina Highway 40" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

External links

Media related to North Carolina Highway 133 at Wikimedia Commons
NCRoads.com: N.C. 40
NCRoads.com: N.C. 133
North Carolina Highway Begins/Ends - NC 133

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